We put our shoes on the windowsill last night, and thankfully my mother-in-law came through with some Christmas socks and candy canes to assist St. Nicholas in filling them. (I’m the opposite of being "on the ball" this year, whatever that is!) Do you do anything for St. Nick’s feast day, December 6th? My in-laws [...]
Tags: Advent·St. Nicholas
I got one of those exciting emails the other day. You have to understand, as a blogger, I get public relations pitches numbering around a dozen a day. Some of them are for processed foods, recipes folks want me to share, and a surprising number for financial advice and adult beverages. Seriously. I buzz through [...]
Tags: Christmas·Eat Well Spend Less·family·holidays·Thanksgiving
I’ve really enjoyed pondering the ways in which I share my faith with my children and how being a parent enriches my faith so far in the Faith of Our Children series, but this final topic threw me for a loop. We’re supposed to write about the tools we use to build our children’s faith, [...]
Tags: catholic·faith·kids·sacramentals·The Faith of our Children
What do you do when you hear a siren? Do you hope your loved ones aren’t involved? Do you wonder what’s going on? Does fear clutch your heart? (If all of the above, by the way, you’re probably female, and live in a small town.) Do you not even notice a siren because they’re just [...]
Catholics have this great thing about sacrifice and suffering. We like it. Perhaps that’s a little misleading. I think I can rightly say we appreciate it. You see, when Jesus chose to die on a Cross for us, to suffer, He gave meaning to suffering. Your suffering, my suffering, the pain of the cancer patient, [...]
Can you afford another child? People are really thinking about finances when they make decisions about conception, and many struggle with being a working mother vs. staying at home. I hear this more often that you’d think: “I wish I could make more homemade foods, but I just don’t have time with working all day.” [...]
I thought about titling this post, the second installment of The Faith of Our Children series, Keeping the Extended Family Close (aka “Living with the In-Laws”). Although it might have been fun to poke (more) fun at my current living situation, I realized I didn’t have anything substantial to say about how living with my [...]
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